Re: [regression] iwi0 with WPA on 8.0 - FIXED, pilot error

On Fri, 21.08.2009 at 10:31:39 +0200, Vladimir Botka wrote:
> It seems that there is no problem with WPA. The wpa_supplicant
> associates. You can see the message.
> 
> wpa_supplicant[481]: Associated with 00:21:27:f3:37:37
> 
> Run the wpa_supplicant with more debug info to get more information why
> the wpa_supplicant disconnects later.
> 
> wpa_supplicant[481]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect

It is a combination of setting the MAC address that makes wpa_supplicant
barf. These settings in rc.conf result in broken wpa_supplicant during
boot:

ifconfig_bfe0="up"
ifconfig_iwi0="up"
wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA ether 00:0f:1f:1d:a3:76 ssid COYOTE"
cloned_interfaces="lagg0"
ifconfig_lagg0="DHCP up laggproto failover laggport bfe0 laggport wlan0"

Result

iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:15:00:22:26:61
iwi0: need multicast update callback
iwi0: need multicast update callback
iwi0: need multicast update callback
wlan0: link state changed to DOWN
wlan0: link state changed to UP
wlan0: link state changed to DOWN
wlan0: link state changed to UP
wlan0: link state changed to DOWN
wlan0: link state changed to UP
wlan0: link state changed to DOWN

As you can see, wlan0 is created with the wrong MAC address and
wpa_supplicant does not like different MACs on the wlanX dev and the
real hardware.

These settings now work. Everything is well

ifconfig_bfe0="up"
ifconfig_iwi0="ether 00:0f:1f:1d:a3:76 up"
wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA ssid COYOTE"
cloned_interfaces="lagg0"
ifconfig_lagg0="DHCP up laggproto failover laggport bfe0 laggport wlan0"

Regards,
Uli